: a picture, design, or label made to be transferred (as to glass) from specially prepared paper
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Green's Cadillac Catera had a decal on it that also corresponded to one on the vehicle observed in the McDonald's video footage, investigators said.
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Adam Thompson, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
The pesticide d-CON gave away American flag decals with purchases.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 21 Jan. 2026
With stripes, polka dots, sweater accent nails, and tiny button decals, this is the perfect cozy winter set.
—Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 16 Jan. 2026
Rather, the vehicles are being worked on by Holman Automotive, a local company which reportedly has a contract to apply decals.
—Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 15 Jan. 2026
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Adam Thompson, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
The pesticide d-CON gave away American flag decals with purchases.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 21 Jan. 2026
With stripes, polka dots, sweater accent nails, and tiny button decals, this is the perfect cozy winter set.
—Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 16 Jan. 2026
Rather, the vehicles are being worked on by Holman Automotive, a local company which reportedly has a contract to apply decals.
—Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 15 Jan. 2026
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“Decal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decal. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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a shortened form of earlier decalcomania "the art of transferring pictures," from French décalcomanie (same meaning), from décalquer "to copy by tracing" and manie "mania, craze"
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